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z/OSMF Workload Management - limited interaction within sysplex boundaries

Workload Management task interactions with sysplex are limited to the sysplex in which the z/OSMF host system is a member. It would be helpful if the Workload Management info could be updated, installed and activated across all sysplex's from a ce...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Future consideration

(MUFG) When operating VOLCAT with ISMF, the updated VOLCAT information shoud be displayed in ISMF panel or as pop-up warning

When operating VOLCAT with ISMF, the customer wants that the updated "VOLCAT name + VOLSER name of the VOLCAT" should be displayed in ISMF panel or as pop-up warning.
about 5 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS ISMF/Naviquest 3 Future consideration

Enhance IDCAMS error reporting - IDC3027I

We recently had a problem where the VTOC was full or near full on multiple volumes. Many batch jobs were failing when attempting to do an IDCAMS DEFINE and IDCAMS was generating the following message: IDC3027I NO SPACE IN VTOC OR VTOC INDEX The Pr...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 1 Functionality already exists

z/OSMF Software Management ability to hide Software Instances

Within z/OSMF's Software Management plugin, we need the ability to hide or separate the viewing of the different Software Instances to secure sensitive information and also ease of use.
about 5 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 2 Future consideration

z/OSMF: Add ability to restore an archived workflow

It would be nice to be able to restore an archived workflow.
about 5 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Loss of packet after VIPAROUTE implementation

Customer implemented VIPAROUTE and, when any target gets recicled, RTOP destination cache sets the smallest MTU among viable routes to the destination, causing the GRE headers exceeds the MTU size causing loss of packets between the distributor an...
about 5 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Backup integrity of Encrypted Datasets

This is a continuation of an RFE i submitted 3 years ago to request Flashcopy/Backup While Open support (RFE 70102) . As we use dataset Flashcopy today to backup datasets, occasionally we receive structural errors when we attempt to backup the FC ...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 0 Future consideration

Add support to Encryption Facility OpenPGP for OpenPGP certificates with public keys to be stored in RACF

Support better security than keys stored in USS. We want to keep our public and private keys in our Enterprise Security Manager (ESM)/RACF. Encryption Facility provides for writing OpenPGP public keys to a USS for or to JAVA keys stores. It does ...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

Allow zFS Salvager to Check ACLs while File System is Mounted

There is an undocumented option of the salvager: CHECK_ACL_CONSISTENCY=ON to check and repair a file system with ACL problems.This feature should be documented and at least the check for problems should be possible for a mounted file system.
over 6 years ago in z/OS / z/OS File System (zFS) 1 Future consideration

zERT Manage Database

Under zERT Manage Database, provide additional pruning operation abilities based upon an import label number identifier, and / or the System or LPAR name. This will be in addition to the current Prune Database options available.
about 4 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration